Nergal
Mesopotamian Pantheon
God of war, plague, and the destructive aspects of the sun. Nergal embodies death in its violent forms and co-rules the underworld with his wife Ereshkigal.
Nergal was born a god of the burning sun and pestilence. When he offended Ereshkigal by not standing in her presence, he was summoned to the underworld to apologize. Instead, he fought his way to her throne, and their violent encounter transformed into passion. He became her consort and co-ruler of the dead.
Nergal is the god of war, plague, and the scorching summer sun. Where other war gods might represent heroic combat, Nergal embodies the horror of warfare: the screaming, the blood, the pestilence that follows in an army's wake. He is death in its most violent forms, the antithesis of civilization's protective order.
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